Alladiya khan autobiography featuring

  • Alladiya Khan (10 August 1855 – 16 March 1946) was an Indian Hindustani classical singer who founded the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.
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    Ustad Alladiya Khan And The Rise And Rise Of The Jaipur Gharana

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  • A profile of Ustad Alladiya Khan, the progenitor of the prolific Jaipur-Atrauli gharana

    • Long ago, at the time my friend Manoj Joshi never listened to Hindustani music, we forcibly took him to an evening concert. The young artist performing that day presented Raag Marwa, a beautiful, twilight melody and, luckily, Manoj sat through the entire performance. It was probably the intensity of the raag or the ambience of the informal baithak; our plan worked magically, and Manoj subsequently asked for some more recordings of Marwa. I gave him a folder featuring renditions of Marwa by a range of artists, both new and vintage.

    But then, a few days later, my friend came back with a question- why did Ust. Amir Khan’s Marwa sound different from, say, Pt. Vasantrao Deshpande’s presentation? Or why did Malini-tai’s Marwa feel so aggressive compared to the one sung by Heera-bai? The only answer I could give him, at that point, was that these artists belonged to different gharanas and, therefore, differed in their approach to the presentation of the same raag-matrix! So his next questi

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    Alladiya Khan

    Classical music singer (1855-1946)

    Musical artist

    Alladiya Khan (10 August 1855 – 16 March 1946) was an Indian Hindustani classical singer who founded the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, also referred as just Jaipur Gharana.[1] He is recognized for his revival, reinterpretation, and creations of many rare raags, compositions, and techniques and for producing disciples like Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale, Kesarbai Kerkar, and Mogubai Kurdikar.[2][3]

    Background

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    Alladiya Khan was born on 10 August 1855, at Uniara, a small village in Tonk, Rajasthan, (then under the Jaipur State) to a Shia Muslim family of musicians.[4]

    Ancestry

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    Khan claims ancestry from Nath Vishwambhar, an ancestor of Swami Haridas.[5] Having converted to Islam during the Mughal era, Khan's family traces its history to the Gaud Brahmins of Shandilyagotra.

    Musical training

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    Though his father Ahmed Khan died early in his life, Khan's uncle, Jehangir (of Jaipur), taught him dhrupad for 5 years and then khyal for another 8 years. Khan would practice palta exercises for six hours daily well into his 50s.[5]

    Career

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    Alladiya Khan served in the court of various kings of Rajasthan, including that of Amlata.[6]

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